This is the third in a series of applied research agendas, composed of four components, that when taken as a group, form a blueprint for generating and translating knowledge about arts, culture, and equitable development in 2020. The goal of the series is to encourage the examination of these various issues and see that the importance of arts and culture strategies is recognized by potential researchers and those who can use that research. This agenda explores how “value capture strategies” can be used to make urban creative placemaking projects such as those led by Business Improvement Districts more equitable.

Applied Research Agenda series:

1. The Impact of Arts and Culture on Relocation Assistance Programs
2. The Impact of Arts and Culture Strategies on Streetscape Design and Mobility Projects
3. Equitable Business Improvement Districts as a Creative Placemaking Model
4. Immigrant Food Systems and Redefining “Healthy” and “Local” Food 

This is the first in a series of applied research agendas, composed of four components, that when taken as a group, form a blueprint for generating and translating knowledge about arts, culture, and equitable development in 2020. The goal of the series is to encourage the examination of these various issues and see that the importance of arts and culture strategies is recognized by potential researchers and those who can use that research. This agenda explores the role of arts and culture in increasing the rate of successful return and the social cohesion of residents who were temporarily displaced due to redevelopment. 

Applied Research Agenda series:

1. The Impact of Arts and Culture on Relocation Assistance Programs
2. The Impact of Arts and Culture Strategies on Streetscape Design and Mobility Projects
3. Equitable Business Improvement Districts as a Creative Placemaking Model
4. Immigrant Food Systems and Redefining “Healthy” and “Local” Food 

Food Research & Action Center’s ResearchWire newsletter focuses on the latest research, reports, and resources from government agencies, academic researchers, think tanks, and elsewhere at the intersection of food insecurity, poverty, the federal nutrition programs, and health. This inaugural issue reviews the latest research on the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on the health and well-being of children, adults, and older adults. 

Learn more about FRAC at http://frac.org/.

This digital report aims to provide champions, allies and stakeholders with the background, data and resources to demonstrate the impact and success of healthy food financing efforts. Advocates will find the framework for evaluating the impacts of HFFI, case studies, as well as the accomplishments achieved by project investments and HFFI programs across the country. 

On the heels of the release of the 2016 Census American Community Survey findings, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) has launched new interactive data tools illustrate poverty rates and SNAP participation rates at the state and congressional district levels. Policymakers, advocates and others will be better able to pinpoint the extent of poverty in their communities and to understand the importance extent to which SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) is bolstering households struggling with inadequate incomes. The new maps complement previous FRAC mapping of SNAP participation in every U.S. county. 

Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities, published as a partnership between the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's agencies of Rural Development and the Agricultural Marketing Service focuses on regional food systems as a means for enhancing economic opportunity. This resource offers a compilation of research, essays and reports that explores the potential for the growing popularity of locally sourced food to be harnessed to boost economic opportunities for rural and urban communities.